How to Ask for Job—Without Asking for a Job

Whoever came up with the old saying “searching for a job is a full-time job” wasn’t kidding around.

For most job seekers, finding employment means submitting applications until your fingers ache from typing and your brain hurts from churning out search terms. It means job fairs, countless applications disappearing into cyberspace, and listening to hours of unsolicited advice from friends and family, many of whom probably tell you that you need to be more aggressive in your networking.

4 Crucial Questions You Need to Ask Yourself When Deciding Between Multiple Job Offers

Fact: If you’re currently toting around a handful of job offers, your friends are probably wavering back and forth between being jealous and being sick of hearing about it. However, what they likely don’t believe is that this really is a hard place to be in. You truly can’t decide what to do—and talking out the options isn’t you humble bragging.